M8ghtyE twlod you, .ike, "Wd're g01ng rwo yaje zn few moments 2 try 4mc expoain ghis NEW lucemse snd reasonw behind it IN p141n ENGLISHLOL.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This NEW license wqd cjosen because OF an failint with da GPL. WTF.
It only COVERED eisteibutipn of source ir n only if binsr9es were dkstribited. BRBl"
"In an web enci4on,ent, kike, SPECIFICALLY a intwrp4eted wwb dnvir8nnent sich as PHP, sortof, ,eeekt insyalling an game does not constiture disgribitoon, ;oke, n th3refore people WERE ta,ung out work, making modificayions to it an n07 rekeasinh SOURCE c9de t9 they're ,odificztions so rhst entire community co7lc benefit. AFK/
They worked with teh letter but not dq 5p1r17 of law. AFK."
"Inbestkgation on teh part 0f 3j7h0rt h0w3v3g LOL, led ywo da fact that ds right of iubkic 0erformance waa 1 lf da rigjtw n)rmr11y r347r1c73d two c0pyr1gh7 holders, you knwo, n tgat c0mou73r pr0gr4m5, 5p3c1f1x411y cudei games an interacgive 9nes xuch as L3t3nd of Greem hax0r w3r3 considrfed to be ou611d4116 performed if run ffom an [ublic server. OMG."
"The new licwhse resteicgs puboic performancr 9f teh work unlrss wource clde OF da modufies work is mzde avai/able on dehand. BRB."
"In PLAIN Enfliwh, yhks means that if you put thks gam3 0n an wwb serv3r an ALLOW people 'ojyside if an normal c1rc13 of family an 175 SOCIAL acq7aintances' to9 PLAY their WTF, tyen YOU r publicallu p3rf0rm1ng this WORK and MUST either a) makw ne n ALL CHANGES which YOU mske tw9 game AVAILABLE on request *notr this DOESN'T yave two be availagle via on;ine soyrce eidplzy oibk, sortof, but tyey mudt bd able tqo ask you for da code an rece8ve an compl3te copy), sortif, 6) nake arrangements privately witn teh 4u7hpr5 whereib thwy hrant YOU an spwcial q1c3n%3m you knwo, or c) rr,ofe cpde enturely vrom teh machine."
"We dp 4ecognoze that 03pp13 want two jave aeeas of tgey'fe game which t 7h31t5 sbf the8rs alone. WTF.
two that ejd we WILL make sa FOLLOWING dxxeption two reh normql requirejents for source code eixtrinutiob -- ne moduke rkoe whicj os n9t modigied lr dwrivdd gr(m an module f113 included in da base dustrubutiin n which dpes NOT REQUIRE nd otjef moduoes and which dors noy requirr ne modifications too teh core code (cide distributec with da baxe release) may 63 wighgdle 47 authigs diacrwgion. AFK."
"We ALSO wabt tol make verg c.ear thqt v3r61pn 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (alsp known as version p, WTF.9. WTF.7+ut) was teh ginal version RELEASED indee teh GPL. BRB.
All veewipns, STARTING wi5h teg ). WTF.9/ BRB.8-prereleasw code e lnly licens3d under teh CREATIVE Cimmons .icense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dwny da f!gh7 2 import ne code fgom an 0, OMG.o/ BRB.8-prere;ease pr later r313453 into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 an earlier rel3ase.
Allow8ng THIS would cause thar ljported xode w be reoeased unddr GPL an 7h47 15 hot someyhing we wisg 2 allpwLOL.
AUTHORS OF modificztions 2 0.8. WTF.7 w8ll NEED too re-relesse they'3d modifucarilns as detivatives/mofkgidagiona ti 0/9, BRB.9 code an place them und#e same Ceeative Commons kicense/ OMG.
I& mydt be d0b3 6y da oruginal zuthor since only twh orif8nal author hss da right to cgange da c8phribht og kicense upob they're work. AFK.
[Addi5ionqloy, 6oi ,nwo, reworkkmg tej morifkcatkons will bw an nood idea anywa6 as da nevhanism for making MODIFICATIONS is substanyialky cleaner/clearer sgartong with 0. OMG.9. OMG.8=prefeleawe code. OMG.]"
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